This Week (June 4-10) in Area Weather History

Jun  4:  Today is the day with the highest frequency of measurable precipitation in
               Scottsbluff.  Measurable precipitation has been recorded on this day of the
               year 53 times since 1893, or about 46.5 % of the time. 

               Rare June snowfalls occurred in Cheyenne on this day in 1937 and in 1892.
               Snowfall amounts of 3.0 inches and 8.0 inches, respectively, were recorded.

 Jun  5:  Cheyennesmost recent June snowfall and freeze occurred on this day in 1998.
               The lowest temperature reached 32 degrees while 0.6 inch of snow fell.

               On this day in 1996 a tornado caused extensive damage to two farms about 5
               miles north of Bridgeport, Nebraska.

               A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 70 mph at the Scotts Bluff county
               airport on this day in 1991.            

Jun  6:  On this day in 1993, a severe thunderstorm produced 1.75 inch diameter hail in
               Morrill, Nebraska, breaking numerous windows, while about 2 inches of rain
               fell east of Lyman, Nebraska.

Jun  7:. On this day in 1953, Scottsbluff received its greatest daily precipitation on record
               when 3.18 inches of rain deluged the city.  2.74 inches of rain also fell in Scottsbluff
              
on this day in 1925.

               Cheyenne received 7.0 inches of snow on this day in 1889.

               Today is the average last freeze date in Spring for Laramie, Wyoming.               

Jun   8:  On this day in 1996, lightning knocked off a chimney from a house and split a tree
                in Cheyenne.

                On this day in 1968 a severe thunderstorm produced hail up to 5 inches in diameter
                near Pine Bluffs, Wyoming.

Jun   9:  On this day in 1991 a tornado struck the town of Minatare, Nebraska, just southeast
                of Scottsbluff.  20 homes were destroyed with 30 others damaged along its 4 mile track.
                Damage estimates exceeded 2 ½ million.

Jun 10:  On this day in 1986, thunderstorms brought over 2 inches of rain to much of the central
                part of the Nebraska panhandle, with Kimball recording 2.52 inches of rain. 

                3.30 inches of rain fell in Bridgeport, Nebraska, on this day in 1965, while 2.54 inches
                of rain fell in Lusk, Wyoming, on this day in 1941.



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